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AS OTHERS SEE US.
FREVARICATOR8, FALSIFIERS, AND
PLAIN LIARS*
Poor Hum au Kuture Imm'.umI Untn^rolful.
ly?Lyhm front Counting Ilooiu to
Shop, from Drowlae Kooiu toKll?t??ai
ud Yot Nobody Jie<?lv?U for Any
iHsnjtth of Time.
Nkw York, March .?.?"Tue Plague
of Lies" wa* selected by Dr. Tulmogo
for the subject of the liftli of hie dis
courses on '?The Plague? of ThosoThree
Cities," which ho ? preached to-day.
Both at the morning service in Brooklyn
and at the evening service under the
rusplces of tho Chrlstiun Herald in Now
York, the vust buildings were not largo
enough to hold more thun ono-half tho
crorva who clnne to hear tho sermon.
His test was Genesis Iii, 4; "Ye shall
not surely die."
That was a point blank lie. Satan
to'd St to Eve to Induce her to put her
scmt-clrclo of white, beautiful teeth.
In?o a forbidden apricot, or plum, or
?cach, or" app'o. lie practically iaid to
ev, "Qh, Jive! Just take a hito of this
aca you will ho omnipotent and omnis
Cent? You shall boas gods." Just tho
first lie t?pt was ever told in our world.
It opened the gate for all tho falsehoods
that have over alighted on this plunet.
It introduced a plague that covers
all nations?that Plague of Lies. Par
worse than the Plagues of Egypt, for
they were on tho banks of tho Nile; but
this is on tho banks of tho Hudson, on
tho bankBoftho East river, onthobanks
of tkO.Ohio, and thcvMUslsslppl, and the
ThameB. and the Bhiuo, and tho Tiher,
and on both sides'of all rivers. Tho
Egyptian Plagues lasted only a fow
weeks, hut for six thousand years lias
raged thlaj'laguo of Lies.
There are'tvlnjndrcd wuys of tolling a
lie. A man's entire htb niay bo a false
hood, whilo with his lips lit ~'ny not once
directly falsify. There aro those who
stato what is posflivoy untruo, but alter
waids say "may bo," soitly. Theso
dopartures from tho truth aro called
"white lies;" but thero is rcully no such
thing as a white lie. Tho whitest lio
that was over to'd was as black as per
dition. No inventory of public crimes
will ho sutllclcnt Uki , omits this gigantic
abomination. Thero aro men, hTgh In
church and stato, actually useful, self
denying and honest in many things,
wVo, upon certain subjects, and in
certaiu spheres, aro not at all to bo
depended upon for veracity. Indeed,
thero aro many men uud women who
have their notions of' truthfulness so
thorughly perverted, that they do
/"notkimw when thoy nro lying. With
many it is a cultivated sin; with some it
seoms a natural hiflrmity. I have kuowu
peoplo who seem to havo been horn liars.
TL e falsehoods of their lives extended
ftom cardio to grave. , Prevaricationb,
misrepresentation, and dishonesty of
. peech appearecHu their first uttcrauces,
and were as natural to them as auy oi
', their Infartile diseases and were a sort
of moral croup or spiritual scarlatina,
But many have been placed in circum
stances were this tendency has day by
day, and hour by hour, been called to
largor dovelopment. Thoy have gone
_ JrpnxftUainment to attainment, and from
onus to cTa^?r**^l>thar' havo bee onto
regularly graduatedTTars.
The air of ho city Is filled with false
hoods. They hang pendant from tho
chandeliers of our finest residences; they
crowd tho shelves ol some ot our mer
chant princes] thoy HU tho sidewalk from
curbstone td browu-stono facto?. They
cluster around tho mechanic's hammer,
end blossom from tho cud ot tho mer
chant s yard-stick, and sit in the doors
of churches. Some call them "fiction."
Some stylo them "fabrication." You
might say that they wcro subterfuge,
disguise, delusion, romance, evasion,
pretense, fab'o, deception, :nlsrepreson
tatlon.but, as I am ignorant of anything
to bo gained by the biding of a God
defying outrage undor a lcxlcographor's
blanket, I shall chielly call thorn what
my father taught me to call them?lies.
I s'ja'l divide them into nrgriculttral,
mercantile, mechanical, ecclesiastical
and soc'al lies.
First, then, I will speak of thoso that
"? 8|lkta??orc particularly agricultural.
Th^SMlEfgflflnicthlnf' in tho perpetual
presence oTrmxTOlfflfe^^^ to mak^a
man pure. Tho trecs^^vcr.-^issue
"false stock." Wheat fields nro always
honest. Bye and oats novcr .move out
in the night, not paying for tho place
they have occupied Corn shocks
never make night, not paying or the placo
they ha\ e occupied. Corn shocks never
make false assignments. Mountain
brooks are alw*ays "current." Tho sold
on the ({rain is ue^ er counterfeit. The
sunrise never fiaunts to falso colors.
The dow sports-only genuino diamonds.
Taking farmers as a class, I believe they
are truthful and fair in dealing, and
kind-hearted. But the regions sur
rounding our cities do not always send
this sort of men to our markets. Day
by day thero criuk through our streets,
and abt ut tbe market, houses, farm
wagons that havo not an honest spoko
In their wheels or a truthful rivet from
tonguo to tall-board. During tho last
tew years thero havo been times when
domestic ccon>: My has found red on tho
farmer's Ork >n. Neither high taxes nor
the high price of dry-g'oods nor the
^exorbitancy of labor, could excuse much
that tho city -has witnessed in tho bo
havior of the yeomanry. Jly tho quiet
firesides in Wcstchester and Orango
counties, I hope there may bo seasons of
deep reflection and hearty repentance.
Itural dislrot? are accustomed to rail at
groat cities as given up to fraud and
e^ery form of unrighteousness; hut our
cities do not absorb all the aboi.dnations.
Our citizens have learned tho importance
of not always trusting to tho sizo and
style of apples on the top of a farmer's
barrels as an indication of what may
be found farther down. Many of our
people ara accustomed to watch and
see how-correctly a bushel ol bcots
la measured; and there are not many
honest milk-caus.
Deceptions do not all cluster round
pity halls. When our cities sit down
i>! v.ccp over thoir sins, all the sir
rouiuitag country ought to come to and
weep with them. Thero is often hostil
ity on the part of producers against tra
ders, as though the man who raises tho
com was necessarily moro honorable
than the grain dealer, who pours it into
his mammoth bin. Thero ought to ho
no such hostility. Yot procTucers often
think It no wrong to spntch away from
the trader; and they'sny to tho bargain
maker, "You get your monoy easy."
Do thoy get it easy ? Let those who in
the quiet fiold and barn go}, their living
exchange places with thoso who stand
to-day amid tho oxcllemcnts of commer
cial life, and seo if thoy find It so very
easy. Whilo tho farmer goes to sloop
.with the assurance thnt ills corn and
barley will bo growing nil tho night,
moment by moment adding to his rev
enue* the merchant trios to go to sleep
conscious that that moment hi* cargo
may be broken on the rocks or damaged
by the wave that sweeps clear across
the hurricane deck; or thnt reckless
speculators may, that very hour, he plot
ting some monetary revolution, or tho
burglars be prying open his safe, or his
debtors flceing.the town> or his landlord
raising the rent, or the fires kindling on
the block that contains all hU estates.
Easy! Is It? ~QoC hcIp.thcmorchnntM.
If Is havd to havo tho palms of tho hands
< bllstMtfd with out-door work but a more
k dreadful process when, through nicrcan
t Ule naxiettCB, the brain !s consumed I
is-..
In tho next place we notice m? rcan-1
tile lies, those befoio the counter and
behind the counter. 1 will not attempt
to specify the different forma of commer
cial falsehood. There arc merchanta
who excuse themselves for deviation
from truthfulness because ot what they
call commercial custonr. In othe. words
the multiplication and universality of
a sin turns it into a virtue. There hava
beeu large fortunes gathered where there
was not one drop of unrequited toil In
the wine; not one spark of bad temper
flashing from the bronze bracket not ouo
drop of nccdle-womau's heart blood in
the crimson plush; while there are other
great establishments in which, there Is
net one doorknob, not one brick, not one
trinket, not ono thread of lace, but has
upon it the mark of dishonor. What
wunder if, somo day, a band of toll that
had been wrung, and worn out, and
blistered until the skin came oil', should
bo placed against the elegant wail-paper,
leaving its mark of blood?four lingers
and a thumb; or that, some day, walk
ing tho halls, there should bo n voice
accosting the occupant saying, "Six
cents lor making a shirt;" and flying in
tho room another voice should any,
"Twolvo cents for au army blanket;"
and tho man should try to sleep at night,
but ever and anon bo aroused, until get
ting u,> on one elbow, he should shriek
out, "Who's there ?"
Ono Sabbath night, in the vestibulo ot
my church al ter servico, a woman fell
in convulsions. Tho doctor said sho
didn't need medicine so much as some
thing to cat. As she began to revive
in her delirium, sho said gaspingly
"Eicht cents! Eight cents! Eight cents!
1 wish 1 could got it donp; 1 am so tired
I wish I could get soino sleep; lutl
must get It douo! Eight cents! Eight
cents!" Wo found afterwards sho wab
making gnrmoni8 lor eight cents av'cco,
and l!:ut she could moko hut Unco of
llicm in a day! Three times eight aro
twenty-four! Hear it, men and women,
who have comfortable homes.
Somo of the worst villuins of tho city
are the employers of these women.
They heat them down to the last pen
ny, und try to cheat thorn out of .that.
The woman must dopesit a dollar or
two before sho gets the garment to
work on. When the work is douo it is
shurply inspected, the most inslgnlil
cant flaws picked out, and the wages
refused, and sometimes the dollar de
{osited not given back. The ?Vomen's
'rotec'lve Union reports a cast)
where one of these poor souls
fluding a pluco where she could
got more wages, resolved to change
employers, and went to get her
pay work done. Tho employer said:
j "1 hear you uro going to leave me."
"Yes," she said, "and I am como to get
what you owe me." Lie made no an
swer. She said: "Are you not going
to pay moV" "Yes." ho said, "I will
pay you " and he kicked her. down
stairs. <
There are thousands . of fortunes
made in commercial spheres that are
throughout righteous. God wpll let
his favor rest upon every ssrolrj every
pictured'wall,overy traceried window;
and the joy that flashes from thoughts,
and showers irom the music, and
showers from tho music, and dances in
tho children's qu.'ck feet, pattering
through the hall, will utter tho con
gratulation of men and tho approval of
God.
A merchant can, to the last item, be
thoroughly honest. There is never
_any need of falsehood. yet, how
ih>yiy will, day by day, hour by hour,
iute"r"-*yhat they know to be wrong.
You .-.ay \on aro selling at less than
cost. If so, then it is right to say It.
Hut did that cost you less than you ask
for it? If not, then ytThavtri<?stllea.
You say that that article cost you $25.
If so, then nil right. If it did not, then
you have ialsitled. Suppose you are a
customer. You are "beating down" the
goods. You say that that article for
Which 85 is charged, is not worth more
than four. Is it worth no more than
I 84 V Then, all right. If it be worth
more, and for tho sake of getting it for
loss than its value, you wilfully depre
ciate it, you have falsllled. You may
call it a sharp trade. The recording
angel writes it down on the ponderous
tomes of eternity ?"Mr. So and So,
merchant in Water street, or in Eighth
street, or in State street; or Mrs. So and
So, keeping house on Beacon street, or
I on Madison avenue, or liitteuhouse
sqtiu re. or Brooklyn heights of Brook
lyn hill, told ope falsehood." You may
oou8ider it insignificant, becausu relat
ing to an insignificant purchase. You
would despise tho man who would
falsify in regard to so.ae gr .?t matter,
in which tho city or the whole country
was concerned; but this is only a box
of buttons, or a row of pins, or a case
of needles. Be not deceived. The ar
ticle purchased may be so small you
can put it in your vest pocket, but tho
siu wss bigger than the Pyramids, and
tbe echo of the dishonor will reverber
ate through all the mountains of eter
nity.
You throw on your counter some
specimens of handkorchict. Your cus
tomer nsks, "Is that all silk V no cotton
in it V" You answer, "It is nil silk."
Was it all silk V If so, all right. But
was it partly cotton ? Then yo 1 have
falsllled. Moreover, you lost by the
falsehood. The customer, though he
may live at Lynn, or Doylestown, or
Poughkeepsle, will'lind out that you
have defrauded him, and next spring,
when ho again comes shopping, he will
look at your sign and eay: "I will not
try there. That Is the place where 1
got that handkerchief." So that, by
ono dishonest bargain von picked your
own pocket and insultod the Al
mighty.
Would you dare to make an estimate
of how many falsehoods in trade were
yesterday told by hardware men, and
clothiers, and fruit-dealers, and dry
goods establishments, and importers,
and jewolers, and lumbermen, and coal
merchanta, and stationers, and tobac
conists y Lies about saddles, about
buckles, about ribbons, about carpets,
about gloves, about coats, about shoes,
about hats, about watches, about car
riages, about books?about everything.
In the name of the Lord Almighty, I
arraign commercial falsehoods as one
of the greatest plagues in oity and
town.
In the next place, I notlco mechanical
lies. There is no class of men who ad
minister more to tho welfare of the
oity than artisans. To their hand wo
must look for the building that shel
tors us. for the garmonts that clotho
us, for tho car that carries us. They
wield a wide-spread influence. There,
is much derision of what is called
"Muscular Christianity:" but in the
latter day of the world s prosperity, I
think that tho Chriotian will be mus
cular. Wo have a right to expect of
those stalwart men of toil the highest
possible integrity. Many of them an
swer nil our expectations, arid stand
at the front or religious and philan
thropic enterprises. But this class,
likotho others tlr.it I have named, has
in It those who lack In the element, of
veracity. They cannot nil be trusted.
In times when tho demaud for labor is
great. It is impossible to meet tho dn?
mauds of the public, or do work with
that promptness and perfection that
would at other times ho possible. But
there arc mechanics whoso word can
not be trusted at any time. Mo man
has a right to promise moro work than
he can do. There are mechanics who,
say that they will como on Monday,'
but they do not come until Wednesday.
You put work in their hands that they
tell you shall be completed in ten days,
but it Is thirty. There have been
houses built of which it might be said
that every nail driven, every brick
mortared, could tell of falsehood con
nected therewith. There are men aty
tempting to do ten or fifteen pieces.or
work who have not the time or
strength to do moro than llvo or six
pieces; but by premises never fulttUed
keep uU tho undertakings within their
own grasp, This Is what they call
"nursing" tho job.
How much wrong to his soul and in
Bult to God u mechanic would save, if
ho promised only bo much as he ex
pected to bo able to do, Society has
no right to ask you impossibilities.
You cannot always calculate correctly,
and you may fall because you cannot
get the help that you anticipate. But
now I am speaking of the will ml roak
log of promisee that* you know you
cannot keep. Did you say that that
shoe would be mended, that coat re
paired, those bricks laid, that harness
sewed, that door grained, that spout
fixed, or that Window glazed, by Satur
day, knowing that you would neither
be able to do it yourself nor get any
one else to do it V Then before God
and man you are a liar. You may say
that it makes no particular difference,
and that if you had told the truth you
would have lost the job, aud that peo
ple expect to be disappointed. But
that excuse will not answer. Thero is
a voice of thunder rolling among the
drills, and planes, and shoe lasts, and
shears, which says: "All liars shall
have their part in the lake tbat burneth
with fire ami brimstone."
1 next notice ecclesiastical lies; that is,
fnlsohoods told for tho purpose of advanc
ing churches and sects, or for tho purpose
of depleting them. There is no uso in
asking many a Calvlnlstwhatan Armlnion
believes, for he will bo apt to tell you that
the Amlnlan believes that a man can con-1
vert himself, or to ask the Armlnlan what
the Calvlntst believes, for ho will tell you
that the Calvlnist believes that God made
some men Just to damn them. There is
no need o' asking a pcodo-Baplist want a
Bpptlst believes, for ho will oo opl to b?v
thnt the Baptist b?llevcs lmmc*slon to bo
positively necessary to salvation. *? is al
most impossible for ore deaomlnatlo i of
Christians, without projudlco or mls;epre
scntatloi, to state the sentiment of an op
posing sect. If a man hates Presbyterians,
and you ask him what Presbyterians be
llevo, ho toll you that thoy behove thnt thero
aro Infants in holl a span long!
It is strango also how individual churches
wll{ sometimes mako mlistaiomcnts about
other individual churches. It Is especially
so Is regard to falsehoods told with rofor
enco to prosperous enterprises. As long ns
a church Is feoble, and tho singing is dis
cordant, and tho minister, through tao
poverty of tho chinch, must go with a
threadbare cort, and here and thero a wor
shipper sits lu tl-o ond of a pow, having all
tho seat to himself, rollglous sympathizers
of other churches will say, "What a pity!**
, But, let a great day of prosperity come, and
oven ministers of tho Gospel, who ought to
k 3 rojolc d at tho I nrgoncss and oxtont of
tho work,?denounco, !?.nd misrepresent, and
falsify, starting tho suspicion In regard to
tVenu elves, thnt tho reason thoy do not like
tho corn is because it is not ground in thoir
own mill. How long boforo we shall learn
to bo fair In our religious criticisms! Tho
keenest jealousies on earth aro church
jealousies. Tho Hold of Christian work Is
so largo that thoro is no need that our hoe
handles hit.
Next, I speak of social lies. This evil
makes mach of society Insincere. You
know not what to believe. When people
ask you to come, you do not know whether
or not they want you to come. When thoy
sond their regards, you do not know wheth
er it is an expression of their heart, or an
external civility. Wo have learned to tako
almost everything nt a discount. Word is
sent, "Not at homo," when they are only
too lazy to drots themselves. Thoy say,
"Tho furnace has lust gono out," when In
truth they have had no fire in it nil winter.
Thoy apologize for the unusual barrenness
of their tabio, who 1 they nover livo any
better. They decry their most luxurious
e itertalnmouts, to v/in a shower of ap
proval. They apologize for their noponr
ar.ee, as though it wero unusual, when al
ways at home they look just so. Thoy
would mako you believe thnt somo nico
sketch on the wa'l .was tho work of a mas
ter painter. "It was an heirloom and onco
hung on tho walls of a castle; and a duko
gave It to their grandfather." When the
fact Is, that painting was mado by a man
"down east, and baked so as to make it
look old. and sold with others for $10 a
dozen. People who will lie about nothing
else will lie about a picture. On a smn'l
income wo must innko the, world believe
that we a:o afUnont, and our life becomes a
cheat, a counterfeit, and a sham.
(Few persons aro really natural. When I
say this, I do not moan to slur cultured
main n"i s. It is right that wo should havo
iroro na'.Jratlon for tho sculptured marble
than for the -ankuown b'ock of quarry.
From many circles in lifo irslncerlty has
drlvon out vivacity and onthusiasm. A
f rozon dignity instead limits about tho room,
and Iceberg grinds against iceberg. You
must not laugh outright, it is. vulgar. You
must sml.'e. You must not/dnsh rapidly
across tho room; you must A?.\e. There is
a round of bows, and grina/and flattorles,
rnd oh's! and ah's! niyf simpering, and
nambyp.:mbyism?a wp#a of which Is not
worth ono good, voundttlo' est peal of laugh
ter. From such a hjU^DW round the torturod
guest retires r t Ur^ lose ot tho evening, and
assures his liostAhat ho has on Joyed him
self! -T
What a round of insincerities many peo
plo run, In order to win the favor ot tho
world. 'Ihoir life is a sham and then death
an unspeaknblo sadness. Alns. for the
poor butterflies when tho frost strikes
them I
Compare the life and death of such n ono
with that of somo Christian aunt who was
once a blessing to your household. I do
not know that she was ovor offered tho
hand in marrlago. She lived single that
untarmmelled s.io might bo everybody's
blessing. Whenever tho sick wore to bo
visited, or tho poor to bo provided with
bread, she went with a blessing. She could
p.ay, or sing "Rock of Ages," for any sick
pauper who asked her. As sho got older,
hut for tho most part aur tlo was a sunbop.m
?just tho ono for Christmas Evo. Sho knew
better than anyone elso bow to fix things.
Herovory prayer, as God heard it, was full
of everybody who had trouble. Tho bright
est t hi;';;, in all the house dropped from her
fingers. Sho had peculiar notions, but tho
grandest notion sho over had was to mnlro
you happy. She dressed well; auntie al
ways dressed well; but her highest adorn
ment was that of a meek and quiet spirit,
which, in tliQSlghtof God, is of great price.
When she died, you all gathered lovingly
about hor; nnd as you carried hor o^t to
rest, the Sunday-school cla^s almost covered
tho coftln with japonloas, and the poor peo
plo stood at the or d of the alloy, with thoir
aprons to their eyes, sobbing blttorly; and
tho man ot the world said, v/lth Solomon,
"Ller price was abovo rubles;" and Je9us,
as unto the maiden in Judoa commanded,
"I say unto thee, arise!"
But to many, through insincerity; this lifo
is a masquorado ball. As, at such enter
tainments, gentlencen nnd ladies appear In
the dress ot kings and queons, mountain
bandits or clowns, aud at tho close of tho
danco throw off thoir disguises, so, In this
dissipated lifo, all unclean passlo-is movo
in mask. Across tho floor thoy trip merri
ly. Tho lights sparkle, along' tho wall, or
drop from the colling? n cohort of firel
Tho musie charms. Tho diamonds glitter.
The feet bound. Gommcd hands strotched
out, clasped gommcd hands. Dancing feot
respond to dancing feot. Gleaming brow
bends to gloaming brow. On v/lth tho
danco! Finsh nnd rustle, and iaught-r, and
immeasurable merry-making! But tho
languor of denth comes over tho limbs, nnd
blurs tho sight. 'Lights loworl Floor hol
low with sepulchral echo Music saddens
into n wall, bights lower! The mas ters
can hardly now ho seen. Flowers oxchnngo
thoir fragrance for a sickening odor, such
as comes from garlands that have lain in
vaults of cemeteries. Lights lower! Mists
fill tho room. Glasses rattle as though
shaken by sullen thunder. Sighs/seem
caught among tho curtains. Scarf falls
from the shoulder of beauty,?n shroud I
Lighta lowerl Over the slippery loards. in
danco of death, glide jealousies, disappoint
ments, lust, despair. Torn loaves and
withered garlands only half hldo the ul
cered feet. T.10 stench of nmoking lamp*
wicks almost quenched. Choking damps.
Chilliness. Feet still. Hands folded.
Kyes shot. Voices hushed. Lights out!
Suffering In Montana.
St. l'AUii, Minn., March 20.?Ad
vicos from Cut Bank, Mont., tho pro
sent terminus of the Gront Northern
Extension, state that tho heavy storm
of six weeks ago totally suspended work
of all kinds, throwing 2,000 men out of
employment. A large number of tho
men started to traverse the deep snow
to Summit, 110 miles further West, and
many porished from cold nnd exposure.
The record so far Is seven from freezing,
while largo numbers had arms and legs
frozen, it is also certain that a great
"many havo perished of whom no traces
li.?Y" been found, and whoso bodies havo
od for wolves aud coyotes.
W iY HE DID NOT MARRY.
A M<*?t X aufhabt? Story Aboot A. Xoamm
Mim und m Hall.
One of the most laughable stories of
a bovine kind that has ever tickled the
ribs of ti e "only animal that laughs"is
the one in which Mike Finek describes
his ride in the "natural state." on Dea
con Smith's Taurus.
We defy a cynic, la fashionable
trowsers, to read it and not burst a but
ton or two off the place to which sus
penders are httched. It is simply "enor
mous."
Mike took a notion to go in swim
ming, ami he had just got his clothes
off, when he saw Deacon Smith's bull
making at bim. The bull was a vicious
animal, and had come very near killing
two or thru.- persona, consequently
Mike folt rather "jubus."
He didn't want to call for help, for
he was naked, and the nearest place
from which assistance could arrive was
I the meeting-house, which was at the
time filled with worshippers, among
whom was the "gal Mike was paying
devotion to." So he dodged the bull as
the animal came at bim, and managed
to catch him by the tail.
He was dragged around till he was
nearly dead, and when he thought he
could hold no longer, he made up his
mind that he'd better "holler." And
now wo wili let him tell his own story.
"So looking at the matter in all its
bearings, I cum to the. conolusion that
I'd better let some one know whar I
was. So I gin a yell louder than a loco
motive whistle, and it wan't long be
fore I seed the deacon's two dogs a
coming down like as if thev war see
ing which would get there fust.
"I knowed who they war arter?
they'd jine the bull agin me. 'So,' sez
I, 'old brindle, as rldin. is as cheap as
walking on this route, it you hnvo no
objections, I'll jist take a deck passage
on that ar' back o' yourn.' So I warn't
very long getting astride of bim.
"Thcu. if you'd been thar, you'd have
sworn thar war nothing human in that
ar mix, the sile Hew so orfully, as the
critter and 1 rolled around the Held?
one dog on one side, and one on the
other, trying to clinch my feet.
I prayed and cussed until I could not
tell which I did at last?and neither
warn'c of no use, thoy were so orfully
mixed up.
"Well. I reckon I rid about half an
hour this way, when old brindle
thought it war time to stop to take in
a supply of wind and cool off a little.
So when we got around to a tree that
stood thar, he naturally halted, so sex l,
boy you'll lose one passenger sartin. So
1 jtst clum up a branch, kalkalating to
roost till I starved, aforo I'd be rid round
that ar way any longer.
"1 war making- trucks for the top of
the tree, when I heard sumthln' a
makin' an or ltd buzzin' -overhead. I
kinder looked, and If thar wasn't?
well; tbar's no use in swearin'?but it
war the biggest hornet's nest ever hilt.
You'll ?gin in now, I reckon, Mike,
'cause thar's no help for you.
"But mi idea struck me thon that I
stood a heap better chance ridin' the
bull than what 1 was. Sez I, old feller,
if you'll hold I'll ride to the next sta
tion, anyhow, let that bo whar it will.
"Sol jist dropped about bim. agin'
and looked aloft to see what I had
gained by changin' quarters, and, gen
tlemen, i am u liar if thar wasn't nigh
a hall' a bushel of the stingin' varmints
ready to pitch into me when the word
'go' was gin.
"Well, I reckon they got It, for 'all
hands' started lor our company. Some
of them bit the dogs?about a quart
struck me, and. the rest charged ou
brindle.
?This time the dogs led fust, dead
bent for tho old deacon's, and as soon
us old brindle and I could get under
way, we followed, and as I was only a
deck passenger, I bad nothin' to do
with steerin' the craft; if 1 had we
shouldn't have run that channel any
how.
"But, as 1 said before, tho dogs took
tho lead?brindlo and I next and the
hornets directly arter. The dogs yel
lin'?brindle hollerin' and the hornets
buzzin' and stingin*.
"Well, we had got about two hun
dred yards from the house, and the
deacon heard us and cum out. I seed
him throw up his hand and turn white.
I reckon ho was prayiu' .then, for ho
didn't expect to be ca'Peff- for so soon,
and it warn'.t long neither afore the
whole cong'r'egratlon?mon, women and
children?cum out and thon all hands
went to yellin'.
"None of 'cm had tho fust notion
that brindle aud I belonged to this
world. 1 jist turned my head and
passed the wholo congregation. I seed
the run would be up soon, for brindle
couldn't turn an Inch from a fence that
stood dead ahead.
"Well, wo reached that fence, and I
went ashore, over tho critter's head,
landing on tho other side, and lay thar
stunned.
?'It warn't long afore sum of them as
was not so scared, cum runnin' to whar
I war; for all hands kalkerlated that
the bull and I belonged together. But
when brindlo walked by himsoif, they
seed how it was, and one of 'em said?
" 'Mike Finck has got the scummage
onco in his life!"
"Gentlemen, from that day I dropped
the courtln' blzlncss, and never spoke
to a gal since, and when ray hunt is up
ou this yearth, thar won't be any Finks,
and its all owin' to Deacon Smith's
brindle bull."
Fall Seventy Feet.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 20.?A
Tallahassee special to the Times Union,
says: "Charles L. Norton, author of the
"Hand Book of Florida, came hero a
few days ago for the purpose of discov
ering tho whereabouts of the Florida
volcano about which thero has been so
much talk for many years. J. II. Staloy,
who resides near Tallahassee and knows
every foot of penetrable swamp in mid
dle Florida, was engaged to go with him.
Wednesday evening somewhere noar
the supposed great mystery Norton put
on spurs and climbed to the top of tho
tallest tree that could be found to get a
view of tho country. When ho attempt
ed to come down ho lost his foot hold
nud fell a distance of about seventy
feet. For a long while ho was uncon
scious, and when conscioucness return
ed begged for a pistol with which to
blow out his brains and end his suffer
ings. Stalev immediately started with
him to n point where medical aid could
bo had. After many difticulties he
reached his home this morning with his
suffering companion, and, leaving him
thero, camo on here for a physician.
Tho doctor lias not yot roturned, but
from a statement of tho injuries receiv
ed Norton will not live. He is corres
pondent of the New York World.
They Handled Hint lUnslelr.
Chicago, March S3.?Charles B it
ton went into tho barbershop of F.
Picrfolso Saturday, and seating himself
called ou any member of tho Mafia in
the shop to givo htm a shave, ilo an
nounced that ho helped settling tho New
Orleans troubles, being a member of the
mob thai stormed tho jail. For a mo
mont tho Italians' looked at tho custo
mer and they fell on him- cn masso.
When the "aveogorM landed in the
street ho looked as if ho had been In a
Collision with a locomotive. Tho ter
rific thumping ho received with pokers,
chairs and billets of firewood may result
fatally. Last night tho three harbors,
Alexander Necozso, Mlchaol Uorelo and
Jacob Searo, wore arrested nnd charged
with a8aault on tho "aveugcr." Button,
It is believed, was not m New Orleans
and was simply trying to be lunny.
The Hawaiian Volcano.
San Francisco, March 10.?Tho
steamer Merlposa, from Sydney and
Honolulu, brings news that Hawaii's
volcano is again active. Several cones
have junk from 15 to 100 feet,and some
huvo disappeared altogether. There
have been many earthquake shocks, but
no damage other than tho shaking down
of several stone walls has occurred,
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
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Over KENNEDY BROS., Store.
Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Coffins and Caskets
oth Wood and Mctalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at
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INDIGNANT SONS OF ITALY.
The Now Orleen* Lynching Daaou need
by the Mew York Colony.
New York. March 20.?Fire thous
and Italians crowded the big hall ot
Cooper Union tonight to denounce the
lynchi ug of their brethren in New Or
leans. As many more were unable to
gain admittance, aud an overflow meet
iug was held outside in a drizzling rain.
Signor A. DuAngelo presided at tho
in-door mocting, and on the platform
wero seated about 200 prominent Ital
ian merchants and business men of the
city. Tho speeches wcro nearly . all in
tho Kalian tongue, and wero almost ter
rifying in their vehemence. The sonti
meut that the Italian race demauded
satisfaction for the kilhug of thoir couu
trymen seemed to oxprass the opinion of
the meeting, aud was vigorously ap
plauded. The meeting was orderly in
every resptct, and the largo force of
police present had little to do.
The preamblo of tho resolution adop
ted, after reciting tho assaaslnatiou, and
tho arrest and trial of the Italians, says
a ferocious mob was excited to murder
through a mauifesto sigaed by many
prominent citizeus and that the oflicials
of Louisiana, city aud country of New
Orleans, as intimated by the unanimous
voice of the press, did not appear -to no
tice nor did they attempt to provcut tho
awful butchery, so that it can bo practi
cally inferred that both the said state and
city authorities, together with the so
called prominent classes of New Orleans,
must share tho responsibility which tho
law of a civilized country imposes upon
defiant murderers and cut-throats ; there
fore the law must take its high and vin
dicating course by duly punishing the
promoters aud participants of this trag
edy. Therefore, it is
"ltesovcd, That tho American citizeus
ot Italian birth aud extraction assembled
in mass meeting of indignation, do here
by appeal and apply to the authorities
of tho United Stales for tho apprehen
sion and immediate punishment of the
signers of tho manifesto winch called
out the mob. and of all and every part
icipant in the assassination of tho inno
cent, unarmed and unprotected Italians,
whilst confined in the parish jail on Sat
urday last.
"And bo it further resolved, That all
tho Italians of Now York await with
calmness nod flrmncss the reparation
which our government has requested
Irom that of this republic, and that full
justice bo made iu this case, according
to the constitutional laws of the U nited
States."
It was further resolved to forward
copies of tho resolution to the Frcidcnt
ot tho IJ uited States, to the Ohlei justice
of the suprome court of the United
States, and to tho Italian premier at
Home.
All the speakers wcro unanimous iu
protesting, in the name ol tho Italian
colony of New York city, against the
massacre of eleven ol thoir countryra on
at New Orleans, and were emphatic in
tho demand that justlse bo meted out to
Ihoso who were guilty of the cowardly
crime.
The meeting was thcu dwmisaed, and
all present were urged to leave tho place
quietly and go to their homes. This
was complied with, tho mooting'dispers
ing in a very orderly manner.
In the o i nun or the Orli>.
Chicago, March 10.?Chicago is In
the grasp of tho grip. The disease
seoms to be more prevalent than it was
at any time last year. It strikes all
classes of society. It Is felt iu every
line of business. Five hundred men
employed on the WeBtSlde streetcars
are laid off with the epidemic, and the
company is badly handicapped for help.
The South Sldo Company has one hun
dred and twenty-five men on the sick
list. The North Side Compaoy has
about soventy-live men out, while many
of tlioso at work are suffering from the
disease in a mild form. Large down
town stores are having a like experi
ence. In one81 ore employing one hun
dred and fifty clerks forty are sick.
Ten per eent of the police force Is
laid up and llfty men In tho lire depart
ment aro off. Fifty out of one hundred
and ?fty mail carriers in tho postoftlce
are suffering. All of the hospitals are
overcrowded. There Is scarcely a board
ing house in the city. It is said, that has
not one to live persons laid up with the
grip It is bad at tho hotols and fully
one-third of the guests are 111. .To
make matters worse for them many of
the managers and hotel employees are
also sufferers. Such is the dearth of help
that some of the guosts by their own
request have been sent to the hospitals.
Three Children Drowned.
Hi h minoii a.m. Ala., March 20.?
Isaac Bufnt, a farmer, yesterday at
tempted to cross Valley crook in a wag
on , In which woro his wito and three
children. The crook was mucli swollen,
and tho wagon and team woro washed
down .'dream. Tho children woro drown
ed, the youngest being washed from its
mother's arms, while she was clinging
to a limb to koop her hoad above water.
Ihdort succeeded in rescuing his wife,
r sho had rolcaned hor hold of the
vain effort to save the bubo.
THE LAURENS BAR.
H. Y. SIMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LAJREN8. _ -_-__ S. O.
W. H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LiAUttftiVj. - 8. C*
j.t. johnsom. W. r. rio JIB
JOHNSON ? RICH 10 Y
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Ovnok?Fleming's Corner, Northwes
side of Public Square.
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BAILABALL,
Attirxiti at Law,
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Oet.22, Sin
AY. W. KENNEDY.
A TT? It NEY at LAW
Special attention gl von t? the investi
gation ef tltiss.
Laurous C. II. S. C.
April
I_? ?? . ?'? - ? ????
Paulo In n, School.
CiiAitLESTON, March 20? The entire
colored population of Charleston was
thrown into convulsions to-day by a
panicamong the colored children in the
Morris street school. This is the largest
colored school in the United States, hav
ing nearly 1,500 pupils. It was about
half-past ten o'clock when a wiry built,
bright copper colored man, dressed In
the fantastic costume of an East Indian,
walked into one of the class rooms of
the primary department and began to
make a speech to the children. He told
them he was a reformed cannibal and
used to eat human beings. Ills general
appearance bore his assertions out. The
colored people have lately been on their
perennial scare about the medical stu
dents, and were easily frightened. The
children laughed at him at Qrst, but he
ran at one of the girls with outstretched
arms and she lied, shrieking that the
man was going to eat her. Swiftly the
panic spread and in a moment the entire
school was in a panic. They rushed
heiter skelter out of the class room,
down the stairs, out in the yard ana
thence pell-mell through the gates and
over the fences into the street. They
stood not on theorder of going but went.
The excitement spread through tire pri
mary to the intermediate department
and within three minutes after the first
shriek of the frightened girl rang
through the building there was not a
child in sight.
By this time the colored population
from squares around had been attracted
by the sounds of the children's screams
and hud gathered from all directions
until the street in front of the building
was a sea of black faces. Everybody
was yelling at the top of their voices,
and for a while it seemed as though
pandemonium had been let loose. News
of the panio spread as if by magic
throughout the city, and by the time it
reached the lower portion of the city It
had been magnified into a terrible acci
dent. The building was said to have
caved in and hundreds of lives been
lost.
A platoon of policemen arrived on the
scene, hut were utterly powerless to
keep the crowd out. Mothers scaled the
fences shrieking for their children, and
tho confusion became worse and worse
confounded. After a long b tttlo the
police managed to clear space enough to
allow the children to come out, and
thiugs were finally quieted down. The
most remarkable thing about it is that
only three out of 1,500 pupils were
Injured, and none fatally.
The man who caused tho panic was
arrested and had to be escorted to the
police station under strong guard. He
says ho is a Fiji Islander, 79 years old,
and was once a cannibal. He gives the
name of John Charvin and says he
dined once with James G. Blaine at his
home in Maine. He is now on a lectur
ing tour and was to haye lectured
to-night in one of the large negro
churchtrf. He claims to he a British
subject and says he will demand satis
faction for his treatment here from the
British government. When ho went to
the school he was dressed In crimson
damask and showed finger nails several
inches long and tiled teeth. He denied
that he wanted to frighten the children.
Mnrrled by the Uov?rn?r.
COLUMBIA, S. a., March 25.?The ex
ecutive mansion was last night the
scene of a brilliant event and the govern
or ofllciated for the first time as a par
son?his new role. The mansion was
extensively illuminated, and at 8 o'clock
the governor united in the holy bonds
of wedlock by a cival ceremony Mr.
Joseph E. Bennau, of Atlanta, (la., and
Miss Hebecca Cecilia Wolfe, of Wimm
boro, S. C. The bride was accompanied
to Columbia by hor mother,;her brother
in-law, Mr. Ulyses P. Desportes, and his
wife, her sister, Mrs. James II. Bion
and daughter, all of Winnaboro. The
bride is a lovely yonng Jewess, while
the groom ?~ ??*???
gress'
A 31 iuer's Wfo an Helreae.
Snamok'n, Pa.. March 19.?From
the peverty of a miner, earning 91.50
per day, yesterday morning to the pros
pective possession iu tlie uveuing or
1165,000, was the financial stride en
joyed by Charles Dimmlck, of this place.
When Le returned, tired and dust-be
grimed, from the mine to hia humble
home In tho evening his Wile thrust a
letter exul?ugly under hia eyes, and ex
claimed : "Charter, we are rich. We
are worth over ?33,000. Head it!"
Then the excited woman sank wecpiug
to the floor. Dimmlck wonderlngly
read that his wlto had fallen heiress to a
third interest in an English estate val
ued at ?100.000, and that shu should
start for England at once.
Mrs. Dlumick's grandfather be
queathed tho property to her father, who
was uuable to take possession, owing
acouteeted will. In 1855, after having
secured a clear title, her father was
about to claim tho inheritance, when he
was drowned in tho English channel.
His daughter, about a year later, mar
ried Dimmlck and came to America, set
tling in the coal regions of Pennsylvan
ia. Two weeks ago Mrs. Dimmlck re
ceived a communication from a sister in
England to ?ho effect that tho estate
would soon be delivered into their hands,
and last night a message from across the
sea settled tho fact, as she behoves, be
yond doubt. Tho two sisters aud a
brother aro the heirs.
Opposition to the Uiiok.
Columbia, S. C, March 20.?The
State has fathomed the Alliance, troublo
about tho bank to a certain dopth. V os
terdav llev. j. A. Sllgh, one of tho inost
prominent Alliance men in tho state,
was in the city. Ho said that tu .my poo
pic were trying to make a mountain out
of a mole hill about the bank troublo.
When asked about the troublo ho said
that tho directors of tho State Alliance
Exchange wonld meet in this city tho
fourth Tuesday in April to consider it,
and eHorte would bo made to have a
meeting of tho. stockholders at tho sumo
time. He thinks It probable that the
whole question will be referred to the
subordinate alliances subscribing tho
money to put into tho bank, for their
action. Tho men who are cieating tho
trouble aro conscientious in thoir opposi
t;on, aud n majority of tho stato alliances
and stockholders are in favor of establish
ing tho bank. Tito majority can g ->
ahead and establish tho bank, but they
wish to bring the minority iu and clear
up tho matter. It is better to wait than
to rush into such an important matter
when thero is opposition, although "it bo
iu tho minority. Thus tho matter
stands.?The State._
There's the Dinner Bell I
What a clattering and a chattering as
the children answer tho dinner boll und
rush into tho dining room. Oh! the
gratification a good appetite affords as
our noon day's meal is set before us.
But this vacant chair, what docs it
mean i' "Oh, that is Uncle Charley's
seat. Guess ho don't feel liko eating,
bo's got dyspepsia, you kuow." Dys
pepsia ! horrors ! Deliver us from dys
popsia. What's the use of being plagued
with such an ailment anyway? What's
tho u??o having a stomach so Irritated
and {sore that even one bit of food gives
It distress? Why not heal the soreness and
allay the irritation and strengthen its
muscular processes, by using Botanic
Blood Balm. Will It cure? Itccrtnnly
will. Many, many a former dyspeptic
owes his enjoyment of life to B. B. B.
Give it a trial.
S. J. Chandler, Richmond, Vu.,
writes: "No one can nllbrd to be
without B. B. B. who wishes an appetite.
I couid scarcely eat a single biscuit for
breakfast, but sluce taking B. B. B. I
clean the whole table, so to speak."
The MntlagiiBcar Massacre.
PA'nlS, M&.eh 24.~-Newshas reached
this city of the execution rf Hamiasatra,
governor of the province of BcUrona,
Maeagacar, and his brother. Recently,
Ramlassatra, becoming enraged at the
people of his provioce for appealing to
the government for protection against
his cruelty, ordered tho slaughter, under
circumstances of exceptional cruelty, ot
278 men, women and children. His
brutal edict was carried out, and tho sur
vivors of the massacre wore then forced!
to erect a trophy constructed of tho do-"
capitated heads of tho slaughtered vic
tims of tho butchery. The awful nature
of the crime aroused even tho people of
Maddagascar to fury, and tho govern
ment was compelled to proceed against
Ramiasrtra. This it did, with the result
horo set forth.
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dients were?as the formula is on the
bottle?I concluded to try it, and after
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go down town and attend to my busi
ness, and I must say that I feel like
another man. Am now taking the
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will soon bo as likely as any man of
sixty-one years of age can expect to be.
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Erysipelas?1, L. Irvin, of Thomas
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Tetter, Saltrheum and Cancer are all
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?of goods will be mailed if you will kindly
say where you saw this advertisement. JU
pay freight. Address,
L. F. PADGETT,
Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove
and Carpet Store,
1110-1113 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA
I ^ Spring Medicine
FOR TIRED
MAN AND WOMAN.
> V V. P. will purify and vttalhee Jfctir
; Moo.i, creato a good appetlteand glvoyOur
tvliolu*yG<emto)io am4 strength.
? A prominent railroad tmiifrinttndentat
{ SnvaunAh, Buffering wiUi M<ilaria, Dytnpp
k Ria. r.nd Khotimntism sa; " "*flT -^Jng
Sr. I'. P. ho never felt so woll In hUllf c, ana
i< t Is as if he could llvoforovor, it ho eouM
always got 1'. P. P."
If von are tired out fr,c. v.~ ff*.* and
close confinement, take
P. P. P.
If you are fooling b-.?ly in tUo spring
mid out of sorts, take
P. P. P.
If your digestive organs need Coning up,
take
P. P. P.
J9 If you suffer with headache, indigestion,
A dobility and weakness, take
li
P. P. P.
If you suffer with rervous prostration,
nerves unstrung and a genoral let down
jrj of the system, toko
P. P. P.
For Blood Poison, RheumaUsnv Scrof
':?}. ula, i '1.1 Bores, Malaria, Chronic Female
g$ Complaints, tako
i'P. P. P.
I Prickh' Askj Pak?JRruu1
arfa Potassium.
Y\ Tlio best ?khI purifier In Uie world.
8 L1PPMAH ftOS., Wholesale Druggists,
rt Bole Proprietors,
'ij l.uTsnN'j Hi.ocn, Savannah, Go.
LOV PRICES
WJ?i\]
TALBwTT SON'S
ENGINES AN? BOILERS, SPECIAL
ESTIMATES O?iAW MILL'S, CORN
MILLS. PLAMCRS AND MA
CIHNERYl GENERALLY
AT BOTTOM FIGURES.
V. G. Badham, Gen. Agt?
4'<?1,IL1IIIIA,'m; ?.
Buy tho Talbolt Engine; It i.i the best.
4:0.11 i?iginnisiiies.
UPON THE MOST APPROTED
plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked
Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished" 2.
competitive prices.
COTTON GINS and PRESSES of beat
makers. Thomas Hay Rakes.- Desrlni?
Mower, Corbln Harrows a?d Planst. Jr .
Cultivators. ' ?
A largo stock of Portable and Ktatloaary
Ginning and haw Mill Englnos ob hand.
State Agents for
C. * G. COOPER & GO'S Corlls En
glnes Lano Saw Mills and Llddell Com
pany's complete line.
W. H. G1BBES, Jr.. A CO..
Near Union Depot,
_ Columbia, S. O;
It KAI? TIIENK FlttlJHIli,
Farm Wagons, complete with body etc.
3 3-4 In Thimble Skin.939.K0
3 In Thimble skin. 41.00
8}? in Thimble Skin. 43.00
One Horse Wagons, 924.50, 920,50 and
$28.50. Warrauted second to none.
Wrlto for Circulars.
Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, Ao., ut
10 per cent less than regular prices. Send
for Cataloguo. This offer Is for only so
days In order to reduce stock?so ordtr at
once.
HOLLER & ANDERSON
BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL, S. 0?
In writing mention this oaper. j